John L. Phillips Quotes

A civilization that only looks inward will stagnate. We have to keep looking outward; we have to keep finding new avenues for human endeavor and human expression.

John L. Phillips

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LookingFindingLooksNewWillKeep

I mean, I didn't ever watch 'Gilligan's Island' and think, 'Those people are actors.' I lived in West Virginia. Hollywood just felt like this total other universe.

Jennifer Garner

PeopleThinkUniverseHollywoodMean

I don't have real big aspirations to be a movie star. I would love to be on a long-running hit TV show. You end up playing a defining role.

Jenna Fischer

LoveEndYouRealUpBig

We should be fingerprinting environmentalists... They are out to destroy the country.

Ann Coulter

CountryOutDestroyShould

The wars of the future will be fought by computer technicians and by lawyers and high-altitude specialists, and that may mean war will be increasingly abstract, hard to think about and hard to control.

Michael Ignatieff

FutureWarControlThinkLawyers

I always fancied myself an outdoorsman, even though I'm a Jewish guy from the East Coast.

Michael Finkel

MyselfAlwaysJewishGuyEvenEast

I'm a tech-head. I've been a tech-head since '84, man.

Sinbad

ManBeenSince

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

Simone Weil

TruthTimeTruth IsLongLong Time

I like Aimee Mann. Her album 'Mental Illness' is so good.

Trixie Mattel

GoodMental IllnessIllnessHerLike

When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining.

Roger Ebert

GoodMoneyWifeValueDinnerParty

My life at home gives me absolute joy. There are some days when, as soon as you've finished cooking breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen, it's time to start lunch, and by the time you've done that, you're doing dinner and thinking, 'There has to be a menu we can order from.'

Julia Roberts

LifeHomeTimeCookingJoyLunch

Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.

Derek Bok

QualityGovernmentProblemsOvercome

I think about museums often. There are things that I want museums to do that they often don't. For me, I like it when there's a system within the museum that can continuously change - whether it's a museum that is nomadic or one that's designed so the building can shape-shift. I like restless spaces, and I want to be engaged.

Doug Aitken

ChangeMeBuildingThinkMuseum

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